Speakers

Teresa is a Paediatric Occupational Therapist with 18 years' experience, spanning across inpatient and community settings in Ireland and Australia. She has worked in Neurodisability, Brain Injury Rehabilitation, Autism and Specialist Feeding-all in Paediatrics. Whilst working in Neurodisability, Teresa was the lead OT with the National Specialist Feeding Service. She was the Occupational Therapist who co-established the Complex Feeding Clinic, which captured a previously unmet need of supporting children and families with presentations such as ARFID & Paediatric Feeding Disorder. In 2024, Teresa established The Feeding Therapist, a specialist service for infants and children with complex feeding presentations and their families. She sees children in her clinic in Dublin, as well as supporting families all over the world. She has a special interest in working with children with ARFID and Autistic children struggling to eat. Teaching and CPD events for health professionals on Paediatric feeding now form a big part of Teresa's work, both in Ireland and internationally. She runs regular training events for both parents/carers and health professionals who wish to learn more about feeding challenges in children. Teresa is an expert speaker on Paediatric feeding challenges, both at medical conferences and in the media. She is passionate about dispelling the many myths that exist in this space, whilst also disseminating the latest research-backed findings to support families struggling to feed their children. Outside of work, Teresa is a mum of three young children and lives in Dublin.